Introductory material to Accelerator Physics

References on Accelerator Physics

R&D and LHC Collective Effects

A team of the CERN AB-ABP Group

Some basic references on the Physics of Particle Accelerators:

Theory of the Alternating-Gradient Synchrotron, E.D. Courant and H.S. Snyder, Ann. Phys. 3, 1–48 (1958)
Radiation Effects in Circular Electron Accelerators, K.W. Robinson, Phys. Rev. 111, 373–380 (1958)
Theory of Cyclic Accelerators, A.A. Kolomensky and A.N. Lebedev (North Holland, 1966; originally published in Russian, 1962)
High Energy Optics, K.G. Steffen (Interscience Publishers–Wiley, New York, 1965)
Accélérateurs Circulaires de Particules, H. Bruck (Presses Univ. France, Paris, 1966)

The Physics of Electron Storage Rings: An Introduction, M. Sands, Stanford Report SLAC-121 (1970)
Parametrisation of Linear Coupled Motion in Periodic Systems, D.A. Edwards and L.C. Teng, IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Sc., 20, 885 (1973)
Theoretical Aspects of the Behaviour of Beams in Accelerators and Storage Rings: International School of Particle Accelerators of the ‘Ettore Majorana’ Centre for Scientific Culture, 10–22 November 1976, Erice, Italy, M.H. Blewett (ed.), CERN report 77-13 (1977)
The Physics of Charged Particle Beams, J.D. Lawson (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1977)
MAD-X Home Page, see also A MAD-X primer, W. Herr and F. Schmidt, CERN-AB-2004-027-ABP (2004)
Collection of papers on proton synchrotrons and boosters, scaling laws etc.
Superconducting Magnets for Particle Accelerators, P. Schmuser, Rep. Prog. Phys. 54, 683-730 (1991)
The Principles of Circular Accelerators and Storage Rings, P.J. Bryant and K. Johnsen (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993)
Particle Accelerator Physics I: Basic Principles and Linear Dynamics, H. Wiedemann (Springer, Berlin, 1993)
Particle Accelerator Physics II: Nonlinear and Higher-Order Beam Dynamics, H. Wiedemann (Springer, Berlin, 1995)
Third-Order TRANSPORT–A Computer Program for Designing Charged Particle Beam Transport Systems, D.C. Carey, K.L. Brown and F. Rothacker, Stanford report SLAC-R-95-462 (1995)
Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering, A.W. Chao and M. Tigner (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999)
Accelerator Physics of Colliders, K. Desler and D.A. Edwards (Aug 2005), in Review of Particle Physics

CERN Accelerator School

References on Collective Effects, Impedances, and Beam Measurements:

Physics of Collective Beam Instabilities in High Energy Accelerators, A.W. Chao (Wiley, New York, 1993)
Impedances and Wakes in High–Energy Particle Accelerators, B.W. Zotter and S. Kheifets (World Scientific, Singapore, 1998)
Measurement and Control of Charged Particle Beams, M. Minty and F. Zimmermann (Springer, Berlin, 2003)
Web site on Beam Echo Measurements at CERN
Some Considerations Concerning the Transverse Deflection of Charged Particles in Radio-Frequency Fields, W.K.H. Panofsky and W.A. Wenzel, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 27, 967 (1956)
Longitudinal Resistive Instabilities of Intense Coasting Beams in Particle Accelerators, V.K. Neil and A.M. Sessler, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 36, 429–436 (1965)
Transverse Resistive Instabilities of Intense Coasting Beams in Particle Accelerators, L.J. Laslett, V.K. Neil and A.M. Sessler, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 36, 436–448 (1965)
On directional symmetry of impedance, S. Heifets, SLAC-AP/79 (1990)
Coupling impedance in modern accelerators, S.A. Heifets and S.A. Kheifets, Rev. Mod. Phys. 63, 631–673 (1991)
Wake Fields and Impedance, L. Palumbo, V.G. Vaccaro, and M. Zobov, CAS Advanced School on Accelerator Physics, 20 Sep–1 Oct 1993, Rhodes, Greece, CERN report 95-06 (1995)
NLC Impedance Workshop, SLAC, 28 Feb–2 March 2000
Impedances: Measurements and Calculations for Non-Symmetric Structures, J. Gareyte, Proc. EPAC'02, p. 89 (2002)

Some recent links and references on Electron Cloud Effects

Web site on Electron Cloud Effects in the LHC
ECLOUD’04 workshop, Napa, California, 19–23 April 2004
Web site of ILC Damping Ring Task Force 6
Can low energy electrons affect high energy physics accelerators?, R. Cimino, I.R. Collins, M.A. Furmann, M. Pivi, F. Ruggiero, G. Rumolo, and F. Zimmermann, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 014801 (2004)
Simulation study of electron cloud induced instabilities and emittance growth for the CERN Large Hadron Collider proton beam, E. Benedetto, D. Schulte, F. Zimmermann, and G. Rumolo, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 124402 (2005)
Update on electron-cloud power deposition for the Large Hadron Collider arc dipoles, M. Furmann and V.H. Chaplin, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 9, 034403 (2006)
References on Incoherent Electron Cloud Effects

Some recent links and references on Beam-Beam Effects

Web site on LHC Beam-Beam studies, Beam-Beam Compensation, and RHIC Beam-Beam Experiments
Closed expression for the electrical field of a two-dimensional Gaussian charge, M. Bassetti and G.A. Erskine, CERN-ISR-TH/80-06 (1980)
Tune shift of coherent beam-beam oscillations, K. Yokoya and H. Koiso, KEK Preprint 89-14 (1989) and Part. Acc. 27, 181–186 (1990)
On the Landau damping and decoherence of transverse dipole oscillations in colliding beams, Y.I. Alexahin, CERN-SL-96-64 AP (1996) and Part. Accel. 59, 43–74 (1998)
Beam-Beam Workshop, Montauk, Long Island, 19–23 May 2003
Coherent beam-beam modes in the LHC for multiple bunches, different collision schemes and machine symmetries, W. Herr and T. Pieloni, Proc. CARE HHH-2004 Workshop, CERN, 8–11 November 2004
Progress of Beam-Beam Compensation Schemes, F. Zimmermann and U. Dorda, Proc. LHC-LUMI-05 Workshop, Arcidosso, 31 August–3 September 2005
Beam-beam effects in the Tevatron, V. Shiltsev, Y. Alexahin, V. Lebedev, P. Lebrun, R.S. Moore, T. Sen, A. Tollestrup, A. Valishev, and X.L. Zhang, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 101001 (2005)
The effects of solenoids and dipole magnets of LHC experiments, W. Herr, LHC Project Workshop, Chamonix XV, 23–27 January 2006

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